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Darius

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Id:ICR-3657

CountryItaly

Year Published/Registered1840

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Darius'

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Dario  Verschaffelt, 1844, Catalogue No.50, p.19. Geldorf, Const., 1844, Catalogue of Plants and Price List , p.5. Fratelli Rovelli Nursery Catalogue, 1852, p.15. Orthographic error for Darius.

Davio  Jacob Makoy et Cie Catalogue, 1838, p.16. Orthographic error for Darius.

Davio d'Italie  van Houtte, Catalogue, 1843-1844, 12:vv. Synonym for Darius.

Description

» English Description

Berlèse, 1840, Monographie, ed.2, p.116, 228: Leaves rounded, very large, apex acute, recurved, prominent venation, deeply serrate; bud very large, obtuse, scales greenish. Flower about 10 cm across, exterior petals over 2.7 cm, not numerous, deeply notched, largely imbricated like a dahlia without regularity; those of the interior unequal, deformed, poorly dis­posed and forming an irregular centre. Fratelli Rovelli Catalogue, 1852, p.15, as ‘Dario’: Milano. Peony form. Milk white. Originated in Italy by Mariani. Orthographic errors: ‘Dario’, ‘Davio’, ‘Davio d’Italie’.

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